LITFL Review 166

Welcome to the 166th LITFL Review. Your regular and reliable source for the highest highlights, sneakiest sneak peeks and loudest shout-outs from the webbed world of emergency medicine and critical care. Each week the LITFL team casts the spotlight on the blogosphere’s best and brightest and deliver a bite-sized chuck of FOAM.The Most Fair Dinkum Ripper Beauts of the WeekIt’s Junior Doc changeover time in sunny blighty.  Point your new Juniors to this fantastic series from the team in Virchester.  This podcast talks over the basics of Problems in Early Pregnancy. [CC] Helping to get around the difficulty of group learning and shift work in the ED, @ACPEducate has added a new feature, Google hangouts on EM-focused topics, hosted on Jonathan Downham’s Critical Care Practitioner site. Scroll halfway down the page to access the video clip. Much more in the pipeline over the next few weeks! [SL] The Best of #FOAMed Emergency MedicineLast week, ACEP released a new draft of their clinical policy for the use of tPA, and discussions on this controversial topic are still active in the world of FOAM. This week, FOAMCast features interviews with Ryan Radecki, Ken Milne and David Newman. [AS]Bryan Hayes highlights the must-know pharmacotherapy articles of 2014 on ALiEM. [AS]Should we be using steroids in the management of community acquired pneumonia? EM Lit of Note discusses why this intervention isn’t ready for prime time. [AS]Learn why we don’t need to radiate...
Source: Life in the Fast Lane - Category: Emergency Medicine Authors: Tags: Education LITFL review Source Type: blogs